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a storage and loading site for sugar beets. Structures at the site were removed and coal <br />material cleaned up and hauled off in 2001. Initial permanent stabilization seeding was <br />done in 2001. Remedial seeding with a modified seed mix was conducted in the fall of <br />2004 due to failure of the initial seeding. Bond Release SL2 was approved February <br />6, 2015, SL2 approved Phase I, II, and III release on all 2.9 acres associated with the <br />load out facility. TR26 was approved October 26, 2015, that revised the permit <br />boundary to remove the area associated with the load out from the permit area. <br />III. Hydrologic Balance - Rule 4.05 <br />Water Quality Standards and Effluent Limitations Information dealing with sediment <br />and runoff control is presented in Sections 2.3.4, 2.2.5, Appendices M(vii) and M(viii), <br />and Figures 2.2-4, 2.2-6, 2.2-7, and 2.2-15. This information has been reviewed by the <br />Division, and the plans have been found to be in compliance with the applicable <br />requirements of Rule 4.05. <br />Disturbed runoff from the coal waste disposal site p r e v i o u s l y passe d through <br />a sediment pond designed to ensure that all discharges meet effluent limits established <br />in the CDPS discharge permit issued by the Water Quality Control Division. The <br />sediment pond was reclaimed in 2014 after the Division found that the pond was <br />not necessary to meet effluent limits, TR25. <br />Two specific findings are required to allow for exemptions pertinent to this section. <br />The first finding allows for small area exemptions (SAE'S) applicable to specified <br />disturbed area locations. The second finding allows for certain disturbances associated <br />with the coal mine waste disposal site to be within 100 feet of Munger Creek. <br />1. The Division granted three small area exemptions from use of sediment ponds. <br />The exemptions are granted due to the limited size of specified areas at the mine <br />and loadout, and due to the fact that ponds and treatment facilities are not necessary <br />for the drainage to meet the effluent limitations of Rule 4.05.2 and applicable State <br />and Federal water quality standards for receiving streams. No mixing of surface <br />drainage with a discharge from underground workings will occur. The small areas <br />to be exempted are located on the reclaimed mine portal bench (SAE -1 and SAE -2) <br />at the former soil stockpile location adjacent to the lower access road (SAE -4). SAE <br />sediment controls include silt fencing, vegetation cover, collection berms, and <br />topographic containment. SAE demonstrations are located in Appendix M (viii) <br />(4.05.2(3)(b)). <br />2. Certain disturbances associated with the coal mine waste disposal pile are located <br />within 100 feet of an ephemeral stream with a drainage area greater than one square <br />mile (Munger Creek). Pursuant to Rule 4.05.18(1), the Division specifically <br />authorizes disturbances within 100 feet of the Munger Creek channel in accordance <br />with specific plans outlined in Section 2.2.5 and 2.2-6 of the application. Based on <br />drainage and sediment control designs and documentation include in the application, <br />the Division finds that surface coal mining operations will not cause or contribute to <br />15 <br />